Hughes: 1804 books

Where did football come from? How did it get to be so popular? And why can't we even agree on what the word 'football' means? A Devilish Pastime – whose title comes from a 16th-century Puritan pamphlet that denounced the game as sinful – begins by looking at the football-like games of the...

Better Parenting Today outlines the responsibilities parents have to help our children in these perilous times. It explains the importance of taking responsibility as parents in several important areas. Children need guidance, love and support in the world today. They are bombarded with many influences...

A ground-breaking history of intelligence—from its classical origins to the onset of the surveillance state in the digital age—that lifts the veil of secrecy from this clandestine world. Comprehensive and authoritative, The Secret State skillfully examines the potential pitfalls of the...

21-year-old “outsider artist” Libby Barbary grew up in a wealthy Boston family, but her parents disowned her and she ran away when she refused to conform to their narrow expectations. Now she waits tables to survive, and her love life consists of a series of one-night stands. But all of that changes...

Howard Hughes has written a well-researched, detailed, no-nonsense and above all enthusiastic guide to twenty of the best Italian Westerns from 'A Fistful of Dollars' to 'My name is Nobody'. He has aimed for the heart, and unlike the bad guy in 'Fistful' he has hit it.' - Christopher Frayling

What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked, and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time. In this new edition of his seminal student textbook, J. Donald Hughes provides a...

The Journey Into Spirit is a guide to death and the mysterious world beyond. Join renowned Druid priest Kristoffer Hughes as he explores the three realms of existence—the realm of necessity, the realm of spirit, and the realm of infinity—and illuminates the essence of grief, mourning, and spiritual...

What father ever thinks his little girl is ready to get married? Ned Stevens is convinced that his future son-in-law is too perfect. Athletic, good-looking, musical, spiritual . . . nobody could be that good. Ned is sure there’s something fishy about this boy his daughter seems so crazy about. He just...

Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective, Third Edition provides a clear, detailed introduction to women’s political participation and representation across a wide range of countries and regions. Through broad statistical overviews and detailed case-study accounts, authors Pamela Paxton...

First Steps is a new series of short, affordable self-help on a range of key issues. In First Steps out of Gambling, Lisa Mills and Joanna Hughes draw on extensive experience, both professionally and personally to address the issue of gambling addiction. What is gambling? How does it become an addiction?...

Tim Hughes shares the mystery and wonder of the praise experience and what we can do, both spiritually and practically, to achieve the devotional environment that is most pleasing to the Lord. He addresses issues such as heart-attitude, maintaining a freshness in your relationship with the Lord, and...

What's in a name? Apparently everything for Ed Loy, because that's the only information Father Vincent Tyrrell, brother of prominent racehorse trainer F. X. Tyrrell, offers when he asks for Ed's help in finding a missing person. Even the best private eye needs more than just a name, but hard times...

Due to a tragic event, Dean Moore's life has plummeted into a devastating spiral. Once a talented artist, he finds himself trapped in a dimension of his canvas with feisty 13 year old Lyn Staley. The layers of paintings mark important segments of his life, including a portrait containing his anguish...

This is the story of a talented athlete, Brendon Hughes, who had a heart condition that had not been detected. As a result of strenuous exercise, playing football, baseball, basketball, and track, he suffered a fatal heart attack. After Brendon's death, I felt compelled to write this book for the...